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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new equipment does Farley Mowat take with to observe the wolves?
(a) A high-powered shotgun
(b) A high-powered telescope
(c) A cassette tape recorder
(d) A waterproof cushion

2. When did the pilot promise to return?
(a) Next year
(b) At the full moon
(c) In the spring
(d) In the fall

3. In order to avoid detection, Mowat sets his observation point:
(a) Inside a convenient cave.
(b) Across the river from the den.
(c) Downwind of the wolves.
(d) Behind a grove of trees.

4. Scatology is the study of animal:
(a) Behavior
(b) Breeding
(c) Droppings
(d) Tracks

5. What does Mowat most admire about the lead wolf's marking outside his marks?
(a) That he did it with the speed of a jet
(b) That he covered all the ground and then some
(c) That he hit each mark exactly on the button
(d) That he did it on one tank of fuel

6.
(a) Wolf howls
(b) Moose calls
(c) Bat squeaks
(d) Goose honks

7. How many pilots were available in Churchill by the time Mowat arrived?
(a) Four
(b) One
(c) Three
(d) Two

8. What happens to Mike's cabin in the spring?
(a) It burns down
(b) It blows away
(c) It floods
(d) It collapses

9. Who introduces Mowat to wolf-juice?
(a) An old trapper
(b) A bush pilot
(c) A working woman
(d) The local bartender

10. According to Mowat, wolves mate:
(a) Only after a long courtship
(b) With a single partner for life
(c) With several different partners
(d) Every six months or so

11. What, according to the Government agencies, was the cause of plunge in caribou populations?
(a) Global warming
(b) Pollution
(c) Human hunters
(d) Arctic Wolves

12. According to Ootek, when he was five, his father:
(a) Made him survive in the wilderness for a week
(b) Left home forever, leaving him with his grandfather
(c) Took him on a two-thousand mile dogsled trip
(d) Left him in a wolf den for twenty-four hours

13. If a wolf bites, what should Mowat do, according to a woman in Churchill?
(a) Bite back
(b) Run away
(c) Spray pepper
(d) Play dead

14. Where does Mowat set up 150 mouse traps?
(a) Inside his own tent
(b) In a bog near his tent
(c) Near the wolves' den
(d) Inside the cabin

15. Mowat trades a gallon of alcohol for what?
(a) A tent
(b) A bathtub
(c) A radio
(d) A canoe

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of aircraft flies Mowat to Churchill?

2. What does Farley Mowat try to feed the wolves?

3. What game does Mowat see the pups playing with Uncle Albert?

4. What best describes Mowat's operations order?

5. Mowat's radio has a range of how many miles?

(see the answer keys)

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